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willowherb

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of several flowering plants, mostly in the genus Epilobium of the family Onagraceae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant

Narrower terms: fireweed, giant willowherb, rosebay willowherb, wickup, Epilobium angustifolium, hairy willowherb, codlins-and-cream, Epilobium hirsutum

History

Etymology

From willow + herb.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: боланут (bolanut) — Epilobium
  • Belarusian: скрыпень (skrypjenʹ) — Epilobium
  • Bulgarian: върбовка (vǎrbovka) — Epilobium
  • Bulgarian: кипрей (kiprej) — Epilobium
  • Catalan: epilobi — Epilobium
  • Chuvash: хӗрлӗхен курӑкӗ (hĕrlĕh̬en k̬urăk̬ĕ) — Epilobium
  • Chuvash: хӗлхен (hĕlh̬en) — Epilobium
  • Czech: vrbovka — Epilobium
  • Faroese: dúnurt — Epilobium
  • Finnish: horsma — Epilobium
  • French: épilobe — Epilobium
  • German: Weidenröschen — Epilobium
  • Ingrian: sittakukka — Epilobium
  • Kazakh: күреңот (küreñot) — Epilobium
  • Komi-Zyrian: воййыв (vojjyv) — Epilobium
  • Māori: pāpapakōura — Epilobium
  • Māori: pāpapa-kōura — Epilobium
  • Māori: papakōura — Epilobium
  • Eastern Mari: вуйдеҥге (vujdeŋge) — Epilobium
  • Western Mari: ӹрлӹхӓн шуды (ÿrlÿhän šudy) — Epilobium
  • Navajo: chʼilátah atsʼos — Epilobium
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mjølke — Epilobium
  • Polish: wierzbownica — Epilobium
  • Romanian: pufuliță — Epilobium
  • Russian: кипре́й (kipréj) — Epilobium
  • Russian: иван-ча́й (ivan-čáj) — Epilobium
  • Tatar: кырлыган (qırlığan) — Epilobium
  • Turkish: yakıotu — Epilobium
  • Ukrainian: зніт (znit) — Epilobium
  • Welsh: helyglys — Epilobium